"Your Majesty, Lord Sima and Lord Li are asking to see you." He Ming bowed and walked into the study, and when he saw that the emperor was lowering his head to review the memorial, he didn't dare to read it, and lowered his head.
"No." Jin Yang said without raising his head, "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules. The Sima Ji case will not be overturned again."
He Ming bowed and stepped back, walked out of the gate of Zichen Hall, and bowed to the two adults: "Two adults, the emperor has no time to see the two at this time, adults please come back."
Sima Hong's heart was extremely bitter, and he was polite to the eunuchs who had never paid attention to it before, "If the old minister has any complaints, please pass it on again."
"Sir Sima, Fei Xiao is not willing to pass the information on, but the emperor is dealing with important tasks at the moment, and he really has no time to meet the two adults." Although He Ming has just arrived at the emperor's side to serve, he thinks he can understand the emperor's temperament. One or two points, His Majesty is definitely not willing to see these two people at this moment.
"That being the case, the old minister will come back tomorrow." Sima Hong bowed in the hall, turned around and walked out slowly. His old-fashioned appearance made people feel a little pitiful.
After He Ming said, "Lord, walk slowly", he stood on the side and watched his nose and nose. Li Guangji looked at Sima Hong, and then at the Zichen Hall with the door wide open. He cupped his hands in the hall, and turned to leave. .
He Ming raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Guangji, then lowered his head expressionlessly.
In the Zichen Hall, Jin Yang threw the memorial in his hand aside and sneered. Sima Hong stood outside the Zichen Hall and called himself an "old minister". Is this pretending to be pitiful as an old minister who has experienced three dynasties, or reminding himself how distinguished this young emperor is
If he is a prominent person and can act recklessly, then can he, the king of the world, kill and fight indiscriminately, and treat the people of the world as livestock
Taking a sip of tea and suppressing the anger in his heart, Jin Yang approved the word "ke" on the official document presented by the Ministry of Punishment. His eyes stayed on the name "Sima Ji" for a moment, and he slowly closed the official document with a frosty expression on his face.
Now just beheading a Sima Ji who killed people by riding a horse, he has received so much resistance, I wonder how many grievances in the world have not been granted due to the interests of aristocratic families
Many aristocratic families share the same spirit, and the famous families from all over the world are like the emperors, above the local officials dispatched by the imperial court.
Jin Yang remembered what Gu Rujiu had said to him, she said, the world will be in his hands after all.
"This is my world..."
Chen's funeral was held very grandly. Some people said that one corpse and two lives were unlucky, so the Gu family asked an expert to perform a ritual before the burial. As the head of the family, Gu Changling said bluntly: "Chen is my family's daughter-in-law. She was gentle and virtuous when she was born. Unfortunately, she died young, and our family is not afraid that she will destroy my family's ancestral grave."
Although many people sympathize with Chen's experience, they are also people who value the feng shui of ancestral tombs. Seeing that the Gu family doesn't care about those things that need to be taboo at all, they buried Chen's family according to the highest regulations of the prince's concubine. , and felt that the Gu family was really unwise.
The Gu family is not ignorant of the words said by outsiders, but for them, the so-called unborn child is suffocating, and a woman should not be buried in an ancestral grave. After entering the Gu family's relationship with each other, if it is because of these unwarranted rules that the Chen family is wronged and buried, then what is the difference between their Gu family and beasts
Carrying the food box, Gu Rujiu knocked on Gu Zhiyu's door. After waiting for a while, she saw that there was no response in the room, and she raised her voice, "Brother, I'm Jiujiu."
After a moment of silence in the room, Gu Zhiyu's voice finally sounded, "Come in."
Pushing open the door, Gu Rujiu saw that the windows in the room were closed, and the elder brother was sitting in the dark room like a statue without a soul. She bit her lower lip, put the food container on the table, and turned to open the window to let in the outside light.
Gu Zhiyu tilted his head dazedly, looked at the open window, and blinked his sour eyes: "For a long time, I have no appetite, take the food box down."
"This is the meal I cooked for my eldest brother, you can try it," Gu Rujiu rolled up her sleeves and raised her fair and delicate arms in front of Gu Zhiyu, "Just feel sorry for me, okay?"
Only then did Gu Zhiyu see that there were several blisters on the back of her sister's hand, as if she had been scalded by oil.
The younger sister, who is held in the palm of the family, has never done this. Gu Zhiyu's throat was a little choked, she looked up to see her sister's cautious face, and nodded slowly.
Seeing Gu Zhiyu nodding, Gu Rujiu breathed a sigh of relief, put down her sleeves, and brought out a bowl of rice, two dishes, and a bowl of soup from the food box.
Because Gu Zhiyu had not eaten well for several days, Gu Rujiu was worried that his stomach was a little weak, so he cooked the rice very soft, and the vegetables and soup were appetizing and easy to digest.
Gu Zhiyu saw that the food on the table avoided meat food, and his sister was also wearing a plain skirt, and even took off the jewelry and hairpins, and only used two plain silver hairpins to fix the bun. Eat these delicious meals.
When Mrs. Yang walked outside the courtyard where the eldest son lived, she happened to see her daughter come out with a food box. She stepped forward and asked, "Jiujiu, are you bringing food to your eldest brother?"
Gu Rujiu smiled reluctantly and nodded.
Reaching out her hand to lift the lid of the food box, Mrs Yang looked at the empty bowl and plate inside, her eyes were slightly red: "It's fine if he wants to eat." She turned to look at the maid who was carrying the food box behind her, took a deep breath, Trying to calm down, "Take the food box back, the eldest son has already used the food."
Just when she was about to put the lid back on, she saw that the back of her daughter's hand was red with a few blisters, and her fingers trembled slightly.
Gu Rujiu smiled wryly, it's such a little thing, what kind of hard work. Since she was a child, she was almost grown up by her brothers and sisters in the palm of her hand. Now her brother is immersed in the pain of losing his wife, is she just watching it
They feel bad for her, doesn't she feel bad for them
That night, Gu Rujiu still delivered meals to Gu Zhiyu, and Gu Zhiyu ate most of it.
At noon the next day, when the Gu family was eating, Gu Zhiyu appeared at the dinner table. Although the whole person was still very depressed, at least he was willing to eat.
Yang's and Gu Changling's hearts were also put down.
Half a month later, Sima Ji's execution results were officially issued. Because of his bad behavior and hurt people's lives, he was sentenced to be executed in the autumn.
When the wife of the third room of the Sima family heard about the execution, she immediately fainted. Sima Peng and Sima Yue went to visit Gu's house with gifts, but Gu Changling claimed that he was sick and saw no visitors, and several other juniors of Gu's family did not show up. The father and son had no choice but to ask for the second room.
When the Sima family's second family member Sun heard that the third family member was coming, she immediately sneered: "Don't they have a good daughter who wants to enter the palace and become a queen, why should they ask others?"
Her husband Sima Bao heard the words and sighed, "Anyway, the third uncle came in person, so I have to meet him anyway."
Sun also felt that what he said just now was too sharp, so he softened his tone and said, "I'm just worried that you will be implicated, so I said it in a hurry."
"You and I have been married for many years, and I know your heart." Sima Bao and Sun have been married for many years and have a deep relationship. Since his daughter died two years ago, he has worried that his wife will be too sad and damaged, so he treats her with a lot more gentleness, "I'll go see you in the third room, you don't have to go out."
Mr. Sun nodded, got up and took care of Sima Bao's clothes before letting him go out.
After taking Sima Bao away, the smile on her face disappeared without a trace. She knew why the third room came to ask them for the second room, wasn't it because the emperor's biological mother was her husband's sister
The parents of their siblings went early, and when they were young, they grew up relying on the old man and the old lady in the big house. This kind of thing happened in the second room, and the people in the third room didn't show any sign of it, just being a leisurely person like a wild crane. It's funny now that something happened, and I think of their second room.
"Uncle," Sima Bao walked into the main hall and bowed to Sima Peng, "My nephew is late, please forgive me."
Sima Peng sighed and said that he didn't mind. After Sima Bao sat down, he said, "My dear nephew, I am here today for my unsatisfactory grandson."
Sima Bao was silent for a moment and then said: "Uncle, I don't hold an important position in the court now, I'm afraid I'm weak." Moreover, the decree has been issued, how can it be easily changed? Sima Bao didn't say this, and he didn't plan to tell the people in the third room.
"Our third house is the only seedling, I don't ask for more, I just hope to keep him alive," Sima Peng paused, "You have some kind of incense relationship with Your Majesty, you go to him, he should give You have a bit of face." His own words were a bit embarrassing, so when he mentioned it, his expression was very unnatural.
Hearing this, Sima Bao felt very helpless. Not to mention that His Majesty has already passed on to the late emperor, and has nothing to do with the second room of the Sima family. Even if the emperor is willing to recognize him as an uncle, he will not stick to it.
When his sister died of illness, he relied on the power of the big house to make a good appearance in Beijing. For the sake of his own power and glory, he was ruthless and didn't care about the nephew of Prince Cheng's mansion.
No one would have imagined that a child who was neglected at the beginning would be favored by the queen mother, and overnight a child who did not care for her father and did not love her mother became an emperor. After he learned that Jin Yang was selected by the Queen Mother, he was more shocked, regretful and afraid than anyone else.
I regret that I didn't treat this child well at the beginning, and I am afraid that after this child is in power, he will take revenge on his ruthless uncle.
So he can't wait to walk around the emperor now, and he will try his best to get up. Sanfang asked him to intercede as his uncle, but he was unwilling from the bottom of his heart.
"Uncle, Your Majesty has never met me since he was born, and I have never taken care of him over the years. What kind of affection is there?" Sima Bao said with a wry smile, "I really can't help you with this matter. Uncle is considerate."
"Did you just watch your nephew die?!" Sima Yue couldn't help but said, "The whole family is unwilling to help, so don't mention your own brothers in the future, I don't have such brothers!"
"Shut up!" Sima Peng scolded his son with a hatred of iron, and turned to Sima Bao and said, "Nephew, your brother is ignorant, I..."
"Uncle doesn't have to do this. I really can't help you with this matter. I also ask my cousin to ask Gao Ming!" After speaking, regardless of Sima Yue's face, he walked away.
The second room and the third room were already at odds with each other, but now that Sima Bao saw Sima Yue's attitude, he couldn't hold back his anger.
Seeing that the second room's nephew was angry with his son, Sima Peng often sighed and said to Sima Yue after a long while, "I'm too old to help you for a few years. After that, how do you support a home?"
Sima Yue said unwillingly: "But the second room is obviously trying to shirk the blame, and doesn't take our third room seriously."
"If you want to be respected by others, you must first do something that can be respected by others," Sima Peng looked at his son in disappointment, "Sooner or later you will understand this truth."
Seeing his father like this, even though Sima Yue was still unwilling in his heart, he did not dare to say anything to refute.
When the father and son returned home, they fell silent in the face of the expectant eyes of the third wife and Sima Xiang.
"Second room... Second room didn't agree?" the third wife said, "Is it because I offended Sun? I'll go and apologize to her. As long as the second room is willing to save Ji'er, I can kowtow and apologize. !" After speaking, she was about to rush out, but was pulled by Sima Xiang.
"Mother, don't do this." Sima Xiang pulled her sleeve, "Even if you go, Second Uncle and the others may not be able to nod their heads."
"Let go." The third wife couldn't pull her sleeves off, and in a hurry, she slapped Sima Xiang with her backhand.
"Crack!" The clear slap on the face made the whole room quiet, Sima Peng frowned and said, "What are you doing, girl?"
Sima Xiang touched his fiery cheeks and forced a smile: "Grandfather, mother is also in a hurry, not intentional."
"I..." The third wife looked at her daughter, froze for a moment, covered her face with a handkerchief and started crying.
Sima Xiang looked at her mother who was crying bitterly, and then at her father, who looked numb and dazed, and smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth.
After more than half a month, it was truly a gift from the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother issued a decree to invite all female relatives to the Taihe Palace to have fun.
Gu Rujiu is the county head of Sanpin, and naturally he was also invited. Over the past few days, because of the death of my sister-in-law, she has never seen anything bright on her body, and jewelry and hairpins are rarely used. Now that it is the Queen Mother Qianqiu, she naturally can no longer appear in the Taihe Palace in the usual way.
After the maids packed up everything they might need, Gu Rucai chose a corset and wide-sleeved skirt with a plain bottom and light-colored patterns to put on.
There are several boxes in front of her, and each box is filled with exquisite workmanship. She looked at herself in the bronze mirror and chose the golden apricot flower.
Qiu Luo tied Gu Rujiu's hair in a bun, and after fixing Bu Yao in her hair, she realized that the girl's face seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and her face that was still wearing baby fat had already revealed a beautiful chin.
Since the accident of the eldest young grandma, everyone in the family has lost a lot of weight. In order to take care of the eldest son, the girl has not had a good rest these days. No wonder she lost so much weight.
"Girl, is this okay?" Qiu Luo asked in a low voice after getting her hair done.
"That's good." Gu Rujiu squeezed out a smile, stood up and said, "Let's go."
The Taihe Palace was built on the outskirts of Beijing, and it took more than half an hour to get there by carriage. Gu Rujiu sat in the carriage, watching the Taihe Palace getting closer and closer to him, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.
If the Sima family wanted to send the girl into the palace to be the queen, it also depends on whether other people are willing or not.
Today is the empress dowager Qianqiu. Although the empress dowager said that it is necessary to avoid the honor and inferiority, and there is no need to recruit teachers and move the crowd, the emperor still took the lead in giving the empress dowager a big gift, and then presented meticulously prepared gifts.
The gift that the emperor gave to the queen mother is not new, but it is better than having a heart. It is a calligraphy and painting of happiness and longevity written by hand.
Although Jin Yang was only 16 years old, his calligraphy and painting were already very strong. After the Queen Mother opened the calligraphy and painting, many people complimented him.
As a mother's own child, it is always happy to be praised, and the queen mother is no exception, so when everyone gave gifts, the smile on her face never disappeared from beginning to end.
"Miss Sima presents a picture of Xuannv's birthday!'"
Hearing the eunuch roll his name, the queen mother looked at the woman standing next. The other party looked about fifteen years old, with a light body, eyebrows like distant mountains, and eyes like stars. Even though she had seen many beautiful women over the years, she had to praise the other party for her good looks.
"My servant Sima's congratulations to the Queen Mother, wishing her longevity, happiness and prosperity." Sima Xiang took a step forward and bowed to the Queen Mother Yingying, and there was nothing wrong with her manners and manners.
The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, "There is Miss Laosima." After speaking, she raised her hand and signaled that the other party could retire.
Sima Xiang bowed her knees and silently stepped aside, but even if it was just such a movement, she did it with indescribable beauty.
Empress Dowager Zhou turned to look at Jin Yang, but saw that he didn't notice Sima Xiang's beauty at all, and he didn't know where his eyes fell.
She followed his gaze and saw Gu Rujiu standing under the tree. Since the accident at the Gu family, the Queen Mother Zhou has not seen Gu Rujiu again. She never imagined that in just one month, she lost so much weight for a long time.
She knew that Jiujiu had a deep relationship with her two sisters-in-law, but she never expected that Jiujiu would be so sad.
As soon as Gu Rujiu appeared, Jin Yang saw her. He was very happy when he saw the Bu Yao that he had given him in her hair, but when he saw that she was so thin that her chin was sharp, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
What happened to the Gu family, didn't they take good care of the junior sister? It's only been a month, how could the junior sister lose so much weight
The officials and female relatives who can come to Taihe's other palace this time are all officials and wives from a large family in Beijing or above. But despite this, the Queen Mother also received a lot of congratulations, so many that she didn't even want to hear the names of the congratulations.
"Changyan County's main work Xian Weng presented a peach for the Queen Mother's birthday."
"My daughter Gu congratulates the Queen Mother Qianqiu, and may the Queen Mother's blessings be like the East Sea, and her longevity will be like Nanshan."
"Good, good," the queen mother said three good words in a row, and asked the eunuch to present the painting. She opened the scroll with her own hands and said with a smile, "This painting is good, and the words are good, let them hang the painting in the house of Ai's family when they go back. inside."
Hearing this, Gu Rujiu raised her head and smiled at the queen mother, then bowed and wanted to step back.
"The queen mother likes it so much, I wonder if she can let her son watch one or two?" Jin Yang, who didn't say a few words from the beginning to the end, said, "I can think of Xian Weng giving peaches, and the dexterous mind of Changyan County Lord."
Hearing Jin Yang's compliment, Gu Rujiu bowed to him.
Sima Xiang looked up and suddenly felt that the childishness of Gu Rujiu seemed to have disappeared a lot, but there was still a bit of innocence between her brows.
Thinking of the grievances and grievances between his own family and the Gu family, Sima Xiang suddenly felt melancholy, and had no intention of thinking about anything else.
Jin Yang took the peach picture presented by Xian Weng, and acted cautiously.
This was the first time he had seen a painting by his younger sister, so it was inevitable that he would be very excited. When the painting was taken over, he couldn't wait to look at it.
The painter is not the best, but it is very expressive and attentive, and even the details on the corners of Xian Weng's clothes have been noticed. He took the painting and looked at it for a while, before smiling and saying, "If it's what the queen said, it's fine to draw well. The so-called tiger father has no dog daughter, and the county owner has won the true biography of Mr.
Gu Rujiu was praised, and even brought Gu Changling a face. In the eyes of others, it was the Emperor Aiwu Jiwu, because he trusted Gu Changling very much, and even took special care of his daughter.
After the gifts were delivered, the queen mother got up and said: "Aijia liked to ride horses and archery in the early years, but unfortunately now that he is old, even if he wants to, he is powerless. All the young masters and young ladies are in their best years, so let's go and play, and Aijia will sit next to him for a while. Just sit."
When everyone heard this, they felt that there was a deep meaning in the Queen Mother's words. When His Majesty was just in charge of the government, he would definitely use some young people. The Queen Mother said that it was for everyone to play at will, I am afraid it was to test everyone's ability.
As for the mention of the ladies...
Everyone's heart is like a mirror. His Majesty is sixteen this year, and he has started to take charge of the government. It is an inevitable thing to do. The Queen Mother wants to take care of the face of each family, and she wants to choose the queen of her intentions, so I took this opportunity to observe the aunts of each family. In this way, no matter whether it is successful or not, the face of the royal family and the family looks good.
For horseback archery, wearing a wide-sleeved skirt is inappropriate. Gu Rujiu took her maid to the back to change out of her riding outfit, and she met Sima Xiang who had finished changing her riding outfit.
"Changyan County Lord." Sima Xiang gave Gu Rujiu a little blessing.
Gu Rujiu looked at her expressionlessly, suddenly smiled and whispered, "I heard that you want to be the queen?"
Although she smiled, her eyes were full of irony.
Sima Xiang was so irritated by her eyes that she was about to speak when she heard the laughter of several other girls from behind.
"Forgive me to go first." Gu Rujiu gave Sima Xiang a slight blessing, and when he turned around, the sarcasm on his face had disappeared without a trace.
Several other girls who had a good relationship with her saw Sima Xiang standing beside her, and they all speeded up and walked over.
In the capital, who doesn't know about the grievances and grievances between the Sima family and the Gu family